| Summary: | Page 16 Concordian, January 13, world watch By Nate Jackson The nation's economic picture looked even brighter this month when the statistics for December showed that the number of people unemployed nationally dropped by nearly three million. According to a report put out by the Labor Department, the total number of Americans with jobs reached a record 102.9 million in December. Due mainly to the nation's economic recovery, unemployment now stands at approximately 8.2 pecent as compared to about 10.7 percent a year ago, during the peak of the recession. Most economic forecasters report that the unemployment rate will be somewhere between 8 and 8.5 percent during 1984. Drops in the unemployment rate will slow as the pace of the na-tional recovery slackens. Due to the extremely cold weather during December, the southern states of Texas and Florida have had severe crop damage. A reported 30 percent of Florida's citrus and vegetables, worth an estimated $500 million, have been lost, the cold arctic air also cost the state bet-ween $25 and $40 million in lost sugar cane. According to Florida's governor, 35 counties in central and south Florida were hardest hit. In Texas, too, the freezing temperatures completely destroyed about $500 million of citrus and vegetable crops. The final report on Central America, prepared by a special Reagan commission, is calling for continued economic and military aid to Central America. If the draft is followed, it will cost the U.S. $8 billion over the next five years. He'aded by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the com-mission recommends increas-ing the military aid to El Salvador alone by as much as $400 million in additional funds during 1984 and 1985. Included in the 200-page draft is a proposal that military aid to Honduras be increased, as well as a resumption of military aid and direct arms sales to Guatemala. ***** Walter Mondale, among the contenders for the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, .concluded a five-day, twelve-stop campaign sw-ing through the deep South, last Saturday. ' Showing: Monday January 16 11:00 am to 3:00 pm in the tabernacle and 6:30 pm Moorhead Cable TV ch. 4 Friday January 20 6:30 pm Fargo Cablecom ch. 2 At one of his last stops, Mon-dale told blacks that Reagan is dividing the country into camps of rich and poor, charging that a president, if anyone, should be able to stand up for people of modest income. According to reports from Mon-dale campaigners, Mondale's campaign sales pitch is that government needs to make the world safer from nuclear catastrophe and more com-petitive and fairer to its people. reportedly be responsible for community service of an 'unspecified nature while on pro-bation the entire time. falling star that broke through the earth's cloud layer around 8 p.m. ***** ***** Former Environmental Protec-tion Agency offical Rita Lavelle was sentenced Monday to six months in prision and was fined $10,000 for perjury and making false statements to Congress. Lavelle's sentence came as a result of lying to Congress about her handling of "the governmnt's $1.6 billion toxic waste cleanup program. The 36-year-old Uavelle could have been sentenced to a maximum of 20 years in prison and a fine of $19,000. A breakdown of the sentence handed down by a U.S. district judge charged Lavelle with obstruction of a congressional inquiry, perjury before Con-gress, making false statements to Congress and simply perjury. All four sentences will run con-currently, and Lavelle will According to a national survey by College Placement Council, hirings of college graduates could rise as much as 24 per-cent in 1984. This report comes after college graduate hirings hit one of the lowest levels dur-ing last year's recession. Anticipated hiring increases at the bachelor's level reportedly ranged from 19 percent in the "business" category, to 36 per-cent in the "sciences, math and other technical" category. 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